LOT Polish Belly Landing in Warsaw (11/01/2011)

[Nasir]

A Boeing 767 from Newark, New Jersey, carrying 230 passengers made an emergency landing in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open. Leszek Chorzewski, the spokesman for LOT, the Polish airline that operated the flight, said none of the passengers was injured. The plane landed on its belly without its wheels. Passengers could be seen fleeing the plane. The airport has been closed until 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov 02.

[Abbas Ali]

Well done.

Abbas

[Nasir]

A few stills of the landing:

[raihans]

that was a splendid job by the pilots for bringing the 767 down the runway

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16101067

[Zulfiqar]

thanks Nasir.
The Polish President has congratulated the pilots on this safe landing.

[Nasir]

Video from inside the plane

[raihans]

Crew of LOT B767 receive state honours

Yesterday the crew of the LOT B767, that made an emergency wheels up landing at Chopin Warsaw last week, were decorated with state honours by the President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski at a ceremony held in the Presidential Palace.

Captain Tadeusz Wrona was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta,
First Officer Jerzy Szwarc and the Chief Purser received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and every other member of the crew, the Gold Cross of Merit.

The Polish flag carrier explained that the “Order of Polonia is conferred for outstanding achievement and the Cross of Merit for actions above and beyond the call of normal duty and to the significant benefit of the State or its citizens”.

Marcin Piróg, LOT’s CEO said “I would like to congratulate the entire crew as they receive the President’s highest accolades. We are all extraordinarily proud of the superb skills and training our pilots and flight attendants demonstrated during the landing”.

Last week, the crew were awarded the airline’s own highest honours, the LOT Polish Airlines Badge of Honour, 1st Class with three diamonds and the Badge of Honour 2nd and 3rd class.

Source: IFALPA Daily News Service - Tuesday 8 November 2011

[Abbas Ali]

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, left, honors Polish Airlines LOT pilot captain Tadeusz Wrona with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Poland's Rebirth, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Last Tuesday Wrona and co-pilot Jerzy Szwarc made an emergency landing with a Boeing 767 on its belly with 231 people on board after the landing gear failed to open. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) - Photo Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Abbas

[Nasir]

Close-up film of the damage to the fuselage and engines due to the belly landing:

[smhusain_1]

Well deserved. This is comparable to the Hudson River landing of the A320 except that here the pilots had more time. The Sioux City landing of the DC10 where steering for landing and descent was accomplished by varying thrust of the two remaining engines with no other flight controls or hydraulics was a masterpiece of airmanship. There were fatalities. The BA's B777 landing after losing power on both engines at Heathrow on a flight from Beijing has been downplayed for reasons beyond me. Its time to acknowledge that.

Crew of LOT B767 receive state honours

Yesterday the crew of the LOT B767, that made an emergency wheels up landing at Chopin Warsaw last week, were decorated with state honours by the President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski at a ceremony held in the Presidential Palace.

Captain Tadeusz Wrona was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta,
First Officer Jerzy Szwarc and the Chief Purser received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and every other member of the crew, the Gold Cross of Merit.

The Polish flag carrier explained that the “Order of Polonia is conferred for outstanding achievement and the Cross of Merit for actions above and beyond the call of normal duty and to the significant benefit of the State or its citizens”.

Marcin Piróg, LOT’s CEO said “I would like to congratulate the entire crew as they receive the President’s highest accolades. We are all extraordinarily proud of the superb skills and training our pilots and flight attendants demonstrated during the landing”.

Last week, the crew were awarded the airline’s own highest honours, the LOT Polish Airlines Badge of Honour, 1st Class with three diamonds and the Badge of Honour 2nd and 3rd class.

Source: IFALPA Daily News Service - Tuesday 8 November 2011

[raihans]

^ agreed, those incident are examples of the best airmanship